1.Noprudentpersondaredtoactontheassumptionthat,whenthecontinentwassettled,onegovernmentcouldincludethewhole;andwhenthevastexpensebrokeup,asseemedinevitable,intoacollectionofseparatenations,onlydiscord,antagonism,andwarscouldbeexpected.
2.Iftheywererightinthinkingthatthenextnecessityinhumanprogresswastolifttheaveragepersonuponanintellectualandsociallevelwiththemostfavored,theystoodatleastthreegenerationsnearerthanEuropetothatgoal.
3.Somehowheknowsthatifourhucksteringcivilizationdidnotateverymomentviolatetheeternalfitnessofthings,thepoet’ssongwouldhavebeengiventotheworld,andthepoetwouldhavebeencaredforbythewholehumanbrotherhood,asanymanshouldbewhodoesthedutythateverymanowesit.
4.Theinstinctivesenseofthedishonorwhichmoney-purchasedoestoartissostrongthatsometimesamanofletterswhocanpayhiswayotherwiserefusespayforhiswork,asLordByrondid,forawhile,fromanoblepride,andasCountTolstoyhastriedtodo,fromanobleconscience.
5.PerhapshebelievedthathecouldnotcriticizeAmericanforeignpolicywithoutendangeringthesupportforcivilrightsthathehadwonfromthefederalgovernment.
6.AbrahamLincoln,whopresidedinhisstonetempleonAugust28,1963abovethechildrenoftheslavesheemancipated(解放),mayhaveusedjusttherightwordstosumupthegeneralreactiontotheNegroes’massivemarchonWashington.
7.IntheWarrenCourtera,votersaskedtheCourttopassonissuesconcerningthesizeandshapeofelectoraldistricts,partlyoutofdesperationbecausenootherbranchofgovernmentofferedrelief,andpartlyoutofhopethattheCourtwouldreexamineolddecisionsinthisareaasithadinothers,lookingatbasicconstitutionalprinciplesinthelightofmodernlivingconditions.
8.Someevenargueplausiblythatthisweaknessmaybeirremediable:inanysocietythat,likeacapitalistsociety,seekstobecomeeverwealthierinmaterialtermsdisproportionaterewardsareboundtoflowtothepeoplewhoareinstrumentalinproducingtheincreaseinitswealth.
9.ThisdoctrinehasbroadenedtheapplicationoftheFourteenthAmendmenttoother,nonracialformsofdiscrimination,forwhilesomejusticeshaverefusedtofindanylegislativeclassificationotherthanracetobeconstitutionallydisfavored,mosthavebeenreceptivetoargumentsthatatleastsomenonracialdiscriminations,sexualdiscriminationinparticular,are“suspect”anddeservethisheightenedscrutinybythecourts.
10.Butascamerasbecomemoresophisticated,moreautomated,somephotographersaretemptedtodisarmthemselvesortosuggestthattheyarenotreallyarmed,preferringtosubmitthemselvestothelimitsimposedbypremoderncameratechnologybecauseacruder,lesshigh-poweredmachineisthoughttogivemoreinterestingoremotiveresults,tohavemoreroomforcreativeaccident.
